CVE-2021-23901

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the application itself can access. This issue is fixed in Apache Nutch 1.18.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 25, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-23901: Critical severity, CVSS 9.1 | Vulnix